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Alternatives to Incarceration Are No Longer Alternatives
The US Sentencing Commission mentions SCF as widespread approach to reducing corrections spending.
Michigan Laying Plans to Put New Criminal Justice Laws to Work
Michigan judges disagree on the expansion of Swift & Sure probation and SCF parole in new legislatio...
Montana 2017 SB 63
New Montana legislation requires the DOC’s SCF grid to recommend the least severe appropriate sancti...
Michigan Gov. Snyder Signs Laws Modernizing Criminal Justice System
New Michigan legislation mandates an SCF parole pilot, and expands, funds, and regularizes Swift & Sure...
Louisiana District Attorneys Association Report on the Justice Reinvestment Task Force
Louisiana’s Justice Reinvestment Task Force recommends SCF for probation and parole.
Louisiana 2017 Legislative Agenda
Louisiana's legislative agenda directs the DOC to implement SCF in parole and probation.  
Jeff Sessions: New Sheriff in Town
Heather Mac Donald and Adam Gelb discuss AG Sessions’ policy agenda and mention SCF.
North Carolina Reduces Probation Revocations with Short, Swift Sanctions
North Carolina’s success with using “quick dips” to address probation violations has spurred more research...
How the 2017 Arkansas Legislature Made Life Worse for You
New Arkansas legislation introduces SCF sanctioning with a maximum of 90 days in-custody programming...
Beyond Deterrence: Strategies of Focus and Fairness [in Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety]
SCF sanctions are proving more effective at deterring probation violations than are more remote threats...
Warning Signs: Colorado Parole Changes Put Child at Risk
A Colorado parolee's murder admission has raised questions about Colorado's adoption of SCF.
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Board Meeting
Illinois is considering giving permission to the state’s department of correction to use electronic monitoring...
Community Punishments in a Rational Society
This article argues that HOPE and SCF are fundamentally punitive and fail to address essential components...
Do Addicts Have Free Will? An Empirical Approach to a Vexing Question
This article explores the issue of human will as it relates to addiction, and how HOPE has reduced drug...
Arizona Graduated Sanctions Bill
Arizona’s SB 1067 would require the department of corrections to implement graduated sanctions in response...
Michigan Swift and Sure Webinars
This brief webinar explains how Michigan’s Swift and Sure Probation Program works and how it’s different...
Montana Senate Endorses Bills to Lower Prison Population
Montana’s Senate has passed a bill to use swift and proportionate sanctioning to address technical violations...
Pennsylvania Corrections Department Issues State Intermediate Punishment Progress Report
Pennsylvania’s SIP (State Intermediate Punishment) progress report indicates that the program, which...
Gang Member Accused of Killing Whittier (Cali.) Cop Had Cycled in and out of Jail, Records Show
A Southern California gang member allegedly killed a police officer and injured another after being released...
“Nothing Works” in Corrections Replaced by “Nothing Works Well?”
The perspective that HOPE and SCF-based initiatives are ineffective is presented here. The article cites...
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Hawaii

HOPE continues to feature in Honolulu’s prosecutor race.